A distributed ramp signal generator of column-parallel single-slope ADCs for CMOS image sensors
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: IEICE Electronics Express
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1349-2543
DOI: 10.1587/elex.9.1893